Notre-Dame de la Victoire, Quebec (1851–1911)
Notre-Dame de la Victoire was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in 7 censuses between 1851 and 1911. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q3462144, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population declined across the period (from 4,415 in 1851 to 1,251 in 1911).
Historical lineage
Descendant places
- later split into Lévis, St. Laurent Ward—Quartier in 1871
- later split into Bienville, Village in 1871
- later split into St. David de l'Aube Rivière in 1881
- later split into Lévis, Lauzon Ward—Quartier in 1871
- later split into Lévis, Notre Dame Ward—Quartier in 1871
- merged into Lévis, C in 1921
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1851 | 4,415 | View 1851 detail → |
| 1861 | 6,694 | View 1861 detail → |
| 1871 | 1,361 | View 1871 detail → |
| 1881 | 1,137 | View 1881 detail → |
| 1891 | 1,496 | View 1891 detail → |
| 1901 | 1,459 | View 1901 detail → |
| 1911 | 1,251 | View 1911 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 7 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Julien Chabot | 1801–1864 | died here |
| Modeste Demers | 1809–1871 | born here |
| Jean-Baptiste Thibault | 1810–1879 | born here |
| François-Xavier Lemieux | 1811–1864 | born and died here |
| Louis-Nazaire Bégin | 1840–1925 | born here |
| Sir François-Xavier Lemieux | 1851–1933 | born here |
| Joseph Roy, dit Desjardins | 1854–1920 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC169001— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q3462144
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.